The pendulum – Summer National Pairs – Session 3
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None
South
N
North
♠
K3
♥
852
♦
AJ109
♣
K765
W
West
♠
AJ952
♥
K9763
♦
—
♣
1083
♠A
E
East
♠
864
♥
J104
♦
63
♣
AQJ92
S
South
♠
Q107
♥
AQ
♦
KQ87542
♣
4
W
West
N
North
E
East
S
South
—
—
—
1♦1
2♦2
2♠3
Dbl
5♦
All Pass
(1) Precision
(2) Majors
(3) Both minors invite
A precision opening, michaels by partner and limit raise with both minors. I doubled 2♠ to indicate some scattering of values to want to play at 2 level, but not enough for 3.
It worked in a strange way by getting pd to lead a spade instead of heart. That was enough to beat 5♦ by 1 trick and 75% score
3+
Thank you Sandeep. The hands and the problems faced come alive with your narrations. Thinking of the field and par actions and still getting the rough end. Tough.
Very instructive and enlightening thought processes in the ozone layer of bridge.
Let this be the 1st of many chapters to come in a great book !
All the best.
TJ